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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How is Kovály able to communicate with Margolius after his arrest?
(a) By visiting him every other day.
(b) Via a monthly telegram.
(c) Once a month, via a letter.
(d) Over weekly telephone calls.

2. What does Margolius beg Kovály to do during their last meeting?
(a) Help his escape.
(b) Remarry.
(c) Forget she ever knew him.
(d) Leave Czechoslovakia.

3. How does Kovály describe the atmosphere in Prague by the middle of 1951?
(a) As unnerving.
(b) As hostile as it had been during the Nazi occupation.
(c) As peaceful and calm.
(d) As having an air of freedom.

4. How does Marenka secure hospitalization for Kovály?
(a) Marenka causes a public scene.
(b) Marenka's sister works at the hospital.
(c) Marenka bribes a doctor.
(d) Marenka pays for the treatment.

5. How does Kovály learn that the new government has acceded to the demands being put on it?
(a) At work.
(b) Over the radio.
(c) While walking through a crowd.
(d) Through a friend.

Short Answer Questions

1. What book does Margolius tell Kovály he has read and enjoyed.

2. How old is Margolius when Kovály sees him last?

3. Whose permission does Kovály require in order to obtain the document she needs to arrange her life?

4. How does Kovály leave Prague after the news of the new governments accession?

5. Listening to Margolius on the radio, what does Kovály realize about what he says?

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